Pure Noise artist Real Friends and Epitaph Records artist Magnolia Park are coming through and making a stop in Davenport, at 5:30 TONIGHT at Village Theater in East Davenport. Joining them are local dynamos, Eugene Levy and Bouquet. Real Friends – Pure Noise pop-punk/ indie rock Magnolia Park – Pop rock off Epitaph Records Eugene Levy – Iowa pop-punk Bouquet – Mid-west emotional indie rock/ post hardcore The Village Theater of East Davenport Doors @ 5:30 PM Advance tickets – $20/ Door tickets – $30  Read More

QuadCities.com is happy to partner with Quad City Animal Welfare Center, 724 2nd W. Ave., Milan! Interested in adopting a pet? Check out our Pet of the Week every Monday! Today’s Pet of the Week is Boone! Here are the details on ol’ Boonie: https://qcawc.org/adopt/pet/2022-0118 The Quad City Animal Welfare Center Adoption & Education Center is located at 724 W. 2nd Avenue Milan, IL. Hours of operation are: Mon., Wed., Thurs., Fri., & Sat. from noon to 4:00 pm and closed on Sun., & Tues.  Read More

This past Fall QC Strikers soccer club acquired new jerseys thanks to some tremendous help from our sponsors at Vibrant Credit Union. During that process some very thoughtful club parents presented an opportunity to repurpose our old jerseys and held a “cleat drive” toward a donation to children in Haiti. Many thanks to all involved for nurturing the love of the game in the Quad Cities area and beyond!  Read More

The School of Music at Western Illinois University, will present its 35th annual New Music Festival 2022 Monday-Tuesday, March 7-8. The events that make up the festival will be held in Browne Hall and in the College of Fine Arts and Communication Recital Hall. The festival is being directed by WIU School of Music Professor James Romig and Assistant Professor Hong-Da Chin, both composition faculty. This year’s featured performer is cellist Craig Hultgren and the featured composer is Baljinder Sekhon. Hultgren has performed as a cellist with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and has taught at... Read More

The Bettendorf Public Library was awarded $5,000 in a grant from the State Library of Iowa from American Rescue Plan Act funds. The grant went towards expanding the Library’s digital collection of books and audiobooks that were specifically designed to support psychology, professional development, personal finance, wellness, and more. These electronic offerings are accessible for Bettendorf Public Library cardholders at https://rivershare.overdrive.com/rivershare-bettendorf/content/collection/1263776 and fall in line with the Library’s vision to support the community’s pursuit of knowledge... Read More

The first production of The Black Box Theatre 2022 season is Lauren Gunderson’s “The Revolutionists.” Described as “Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots... Read More

DISNEY PRINCESS THE CONCERT, will be coming to the Adler Theatre, 136 E 3RD ST, Davenport, Saturday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. For generations, Disney’s Princesses have enchanted us with their courage and kindness. Now, for the first time in forever, that beloved music will be celebrated in DISNEY PRINCESS – THE CONCERT. “Be our guest” as a quartet of Broadway and animated film icons celebrate all the Disney Princesses in an unforgettable evening of songs, animation, and stories. Your every dream will come true as these acclaimed stars sing your favorite Disney Princess songs and share... Read More

“You and yours and them, she be willing to give, she be willing to live, she know she got the world on her back and the galaxies in her womb. She is a woman so she know that means that she is a warrior too …” – “and She Worthy” by Kywn Townsend Riley, from her spoken word album, “and She Worthy.” Riley, a Western Illinois University College Student Personnel graduate student, recently won the Chicago Reader’s 2021 Best of Chicago Competition, in the “Best New Poetry Collection of 2021” category. She was nominated for the competition, and... Read More

It’s Sunday, and QuadCities.com proudly presents Fun10, a list of the top 10 things to do in the Quad Cities this week, and every week! Every Sunday, we drop a new Fun10, to give you a head start on your week and a heads up on what’s going on over the coming seven days. Check out Fun10 every Sunday for the details on ten awesome events happening around town. It’s a cool read, and a great way to get started planning your entertainment for the week. FUN10 — ten ways for you to have fun in the Quad-Cities, this week and every week, running every Sunday, only on your site for fun, free, local... Read More

Exciting announcement! Thanks to a major corporate gift from Quad City Bank & Trust, the Figge Art Museum has added The Everyday by artist Latoya Hobbs to its growing permanent collection. The gift was inspired by the Figge’s Diversity and Equity Art Fund, established last year to combat the systemic inequality in the art world. The Everyday is part of a series done by Hobbs which centers “modern matriarchs” and reinforces the artist’s belief that Black women are the preservers of their families, communities, and culture. – Image Credit: The Everyday Medium: Acrylic and... Read More